CREATED by dsweet: 6/27/00 0a1,123 > 000611 -- The Adventure of the Thorny Sacrifice > =============================================== > > AUTHOR: dsweet > COMPOSED: 6/27/00 > STORY: > The adventurers jump into a high fantasy Arthurian England. > During the passing they are met by a frantic Dolares Gifthorse who tells them > the Rocky Beach Mall HQ is under attack. > She would like to send in medics to take care of the groups many injuries but > instead will drop them near a powerful healer's cottage. > The new world has a good time agent and an evil time agent. > The evil time agent is called bolster. > > The adventures stumble through the gateway nearly on the doorstep of a cottage. > The horse tied out front is not friendly. > > The old lady that greets the adventurers tells them she is expecting them but > does not know why. > She immediately starts mending the many wounds. > She also tells them a squire to one of Arthur's knights is inside. > > Black, the tough, and Neal visit the squire. > He is injured. > Apparently his knight which the time travellers believe is the good time agent > was killed by Bolster. > Bolster is an amazingly stupid 15 foot giant whose hair has grown to block his > vision. > He is so stupid he can not be hurt by anything he can not see and since he can > not see anyone he is impervious to all attacks. > > The good time agent was trying to stop a barbaric tradition in a nearby town > when he was struck down. > The tradition requires a maiden to be sacrifice each May day by strapping her to > a magical thorn covered May Pole. > The Pole drains the blood of the maiden slowly. > > The adventurers walk to this town. > First they need the right attire and equipment. > By flashing around quite a bit of 1935 El Honduaguan gold pieces each of the > active adventurers get appropriate attire and cutlery. > The tough gets bees and wax. > Though no one is sure why he has the bees the wax is planned to block the wail > of the banshee which signals someone's death in these parts. > > The adventurers walk to the May Pole. > In a short time the adventurers discover that blasters are useless against the > knight which protects the evil tradition and the thorny vines which bind the > maiden to the pole. > The also learn that being struck by a sword hurts a lot. > The adventurers are forced to renounce their non-existant knighthoods. > > To limp back to the old women's cottage for healing and insight. > Both are provided. > The trio walk down the stairs leading down the old women's well. > Black and the tough fall but not to their dooms'. > Neal gets to the bottom and meets the Spring Queen. > He tries to woo her with his high school education and fails. > When he asks for help from his friends which fell earlier they suddenly appear. > The tough has a good start but fails but Black's bard like skills are > impressive. > She lends the trio a giant sword white rose as long as they promise to return > the white rose and a black rose which had been stolen. > > By now the Jay and the Marine are feeling better and are now with the group. > > The whole group walk to a vine wall blocking entry to a forest near the Pole. > They hack in with the rose sword right before the evil knight gets to them. > Inside they meet a good knight who had lost his love right before the evil > tradition began. > The Knight is named Day. > The adventurers giggle. > > The adventurers tell the Knight to buck up repeatedly but is still down in the > dumps. > When the Knight is told he can get revenge for the death of his wife by slaying > the evil Knight he is ready to go. > Unfortunately four years of eating bugs has tapped his energy reserves. > Day who looks horrible goes to battle the evil knight. > Jay tries to help firing a long burst of lead at the approching knight. > He sucessfully turns the knight's horse to ground chuck. > While the knight is forced to walk, Neal and the tough run past him into the > castle. > There they find shears capable to cutting the giant's hair. > > With no little amount of coaxing the knight is ushered back to the old women > before he is given the opportunity to get beat up by the evil knight. > Since the knight is horseless and weighed down by his armor the good wanders > away with the evil knight shaking his fist at them. > > Once back at the cottage, they go down the stairs again. > Neal becomes beholdent to the Spring Queen but her magical berries do the trick. > Day is feeling like is old self again. > Jay becomes beholdent also. > Now cool chicks he likes will like him back. > > Back to the pole. > > The good knight battles the evil knight. > Victory for the side of good. > > The tough desides he is going to torture the evil knight now that he is dieing. > With a lot of convincing and a lot of bruising of Neal the torture is avoided. > Jay and Neal get the dieing knight off the to the women's cottage and with a > little luck he will be patched up to face appropriate justice. > > Now to the Giant's cave. > The adventurers wait till dark, sneak into the cave and give the Giant a trim. > While they are trying to tie it down he wakes up. > A sustained burst from Jay's machine gun and Neal's blaster bring him down. > > Dolares appears to gather up the evil time agent giant thingy and to tell the > band they have a week to rest up. > She looks to be in bad shape but the attack must be over. > > The band uses the week to purchase horses and ride toward Camalot to see the > silly place. > Within in sight and sound of the castle a portal opens up. > Some go through but the rest take eight hours to get a great meal in that > night's feast. > Luckily when they return later the portal reopens. > > The rest go through into the moving train car. UPDATED by dsweet: 9/26/00 1c1 < 000611 -- The Adventure of the Thorny Sacrifice --- > 000618 -- The Adventure of the Thorny Sacrifice 4a5 > ORIGINAL TITLE: 000611 -- The Adventure of the Thorny Sacrifice 5a7 > UPDATED: 9/26/00 123c125 < The rest go through into the moving train car. --- > The rest go through into the moving train car.